Blunder++

[Henk]

In this position I played Rg8??? for I did not want a draw. Maybe one excuse I had only one minute left on the clock.

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r4k1r/8/pq2p1Qp/2p2N2/4bbP1/1B6/PK5P/3R2NR b - - 6 32

Actually it started with playing Qb6 ?? earlier in the game.

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r3k2r/1b4b1/p3p1pp/q1p1B3/3p2P1/2P3N1/P1Q4P/1K1R1BNR b kq - 0 22

[Henk]

Although I was gambling Nd7xe5 seems to be correct.

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r3k2r/1b1n2b1/p1n1p1pp/q1ppP3/3P2P1/2P1B1N1/P1Q4P/1K1R1BNR b kq - 1 19

Skipper does not play that way:

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Depth  Value   Time(seconds)   Nodes
 12   -0.4168      80.86    79207572   Nc6-e7 Kb1-a1 
 11   -0.4168      31.15    28881733   Nc6-e7 Kb1-a1 Ke8-g8 Rd1-b1 Rf8-b8 Be3-d2 Nd7-b6 Ng3-e2 Nb6-c4 Bd2-f4 
 10   -0.4168       6.58     6366774   Nc6-e7 Ng3-e2 c5xd4 c3xd4 Qa5-b6 
  9   -0.4168       2.27     2108137   Nc6-e7 Ng3-e2 
  8   -0.4168       0.49      510128   Nc6-e7 
  7   -0.4168       0.68      758151   Nc6-e7 Ng3-e2 c5xd4 c3xd4 Qa5-b6 Qc2-b2 Ke8-c8 
  6   -0.4552       0.34      387678   Nd7-f8 Qc2-b2 Ke8-c8 Ng3-e2 Qa5-a4 Rd1-d2 
  5   -0.4680       0.06       57678   Ke8-c8 Qc2xg6 Qa5xc3 Be3-d2 
  4   -0.4424       0.00        5238   Ke8-c8 
  3   -0.4424       0.02       20257   Ke8-c8 Qc2xg6 Qa5xc3 
  2   -0.4808       0.01       12714   Ke8-c8 Ng3-e2 
  1   -0.4424       0.05        6203   Ke8-c8 

[whereagles]

the sac didn't look correct to me at first sight, but engines like it.. although they prefer some preparatory moves first, like O-O